Even though this year’s Soul Train Awards was previously taped at the beginning of November, the show finally aired tonight!! The Soul Train Awards took place at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta, Georgia with Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson as hosts. Some winners of the awards included: Usher and Alicia Keys, who dominated the winners list with double victories each, but Eminem and B.o.B. weren’t too far behind with their wins!  Read more after the jump…
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We watched musical performances by Ne-Yo, Bruno Mars, Keyshia Cole, Cee-Lo, Tank and Jazmine Sullivan. Special honorees were Anita Baker and Ron Isley who were saluted with Legend Awards.
Usher and Keys got the most gongs, collecting two prizes each. The former received Album of the Year and Best Male R&B/Soul Artist, and the latter got Best Female R&B/Soul Artist and Record of the Year. Usher tied with Trey Songz in Best Male R&B/Soul Artist category, and Keys shared Record of the Year prize with her songwriting partners including Drake.
Eminem, B.o.B and the other winners could only take home one trophy each. Em won Best Hip-Hop Song of the Year for his Rihanna-assisted single “Love the Way You Lie”, and B.o.B grabbed Song of the Year for his debut single “Nothin’ on You”.
Best New Artist of 2010, meanwhile, went to Melanie Fiona. She pushed aside such contenders as B.o.B, Nicki Minaj, Dondria and Wale. Best Dance Performance was awarded to Ciara over Rihanna, Ne-Yo, Usher and Janelle Monae. Although losing the Best Dance performance, Monae managed to bag Centric Award.
More Awards:
Legend Awards: Anita Baker and Ron Isley
Best New Artist: Melanie Fiona
Best Female R&B/Soul Artist: Alicia Keys
Best Male R&B/Soul Artist: Trey Songz and Usher (tie)
Song of the year: “Nothin’ on You” – B.o.B ft. Bruno Mars
Best Hip-Hop Song of the Year: “Love the Way You Lie” – Eminem ft. Rihanna
Album of the Year: “Raymond vs. Raymond” – Usher
Record of the Year: “Un-thinkable (I’m Ready)” – Alicia Keys, Drake, Kerry Brothers Jr., and Noah “40” Shebib
Best Reggae Artist: Gyptian
Centric Award: Janelle Monae
Best Gospel Performance: Marvin Sapp
Best Dance Performance: Ciara – “Ride”
